Horseshoe-calk.



No. 769,071. I PATENTBD AUG. 30, 1904.

V I F. B. GARDNER.

HORSESHOE GALK.

APPLlOATION FILED FEB. 8| 1904.

NO MODEL.

WITNESSES: MW

Affbnmsvs 'No; 769,071. g

UNITED STATES Patented August 30, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK B. GARDNER, OF LIMA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DANIEL H. ETLING, OF LIMA, OHIO.

HORSE SHOE-CALK. v

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,071, dated August 30, 1904. I Application filed February 8, 1904. Serial No. 192,560. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK B. GARDNER, a citizen of the United States. residing at'Lima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe-Oalks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to horseshoe-calks,

and has for its object to provide an improved cushioned heel-calk to relieve the foot of the animal from the jar or. shock due to hard pavements and roads.

A further object is to provide a calk which can be readily fitted to any ordinary shoe without any special machinery. or tools and requiring no special shoe construction. Improved details in the construction and arrangement. of the various parts of the invention will be apparent from the accompanying description and claim when read in connection with the appended drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the shoe, and Fig. 2 an edge View thereof. Fig. 3 is avertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawings, in which like reference-numerals IndIcate s1milar parts 1n all the vlews, 5 denotes a horse- I shoe which does not differ from the ordinary shoe, with the exception that the heel-calks are absent and my improved calks substituted therefor. Each of said calks is indicated at 6 and is forged integrally with or secured to an attaching-plate 7. This plate is riveted at its front end to the heel of the shoe, as at 8, and between the rivet and the calk the plate is offset from the shoe, as at 7, and in the space thus formed between the plate and shoe a cushion 9, comprising a block of rubber or other elastic material, is placed.

At 10 is indicated a stud or pin on the under side of the plate 7 which extends through the or replaced.

cushion and into asocket 10 in the shoe. The

plate, and the stud 10, as referred to above also holds the plate in proper alinement with the heel of the shoe.

By the construction described above a simple and inexpensive cushioned calk is had which can be readily fitted to the shoe, and when the cushion is worn it can be removed No especial shoe construction is necessary, which is advantageous, as it permits the calk to be fitted to any ordinary shoe. The cushion effect is produced by the rubber block and also by the spring of the plate incident to its offset from the heel of the shoe.

Having thus describedmy invention, What is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of ,a horseshoe having sockets in the heels thereof, a calk-plate secured at its front end to each heel and offset at its rear end therefrom, a cushion between the shoe and the ofiset portion of the plate, a stud on each plate extending through the cushion into the socket, and another stud on each plate extending into the cushion only.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK B. GARDNER. Witnesses:

DANIEL H. ETHING, MARSHALL A. PARKER. 

